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Development of neural systems for reading.

Bradley L Schlaggar1, Bruce D McCandliss

  • 1Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. schlaggarb@neuro.wustl.edu

Annual Review of Neuroscience
|June 30, 2007
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Understanding reading development requires studying how the brain learns to process words. This review explores functional brain changes during reading acquisition and in developmental reading disabilities.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental cognitive neuroscience
  • Neuroscience of reading

Background:

  • Neuroimaging studies reveal the adult reading brain.
  • Questions remain about how reading skills develop in the brain.
  • Developmental cognitive neuroscience offers insights but presents challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review functional brain changes during reading acquisition.
  • To examine differences in developmental reading disabilities.
  • To integrate findings within an interactive specialization framework.

Main Methods:

  • Review of functional neuroimaging studies.
  • Focus on cortical regions for visual word and spoken language perception.
  • Integration of findings within a theoretical framework.

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Main Results:

  • Identifies functional changes in reading acquisition.
  • Highlights differences in developmental reading disabilities.
  • Proposes an interactive specialization framework for functional development.

Conclusions:

  • The interactive specialization framework may explain individual differences in reading ability and disability.
  • Factors like genetics and writing systems influence neural system emergence.
  • Further research is needed to understand the complex interplay of factors in reading development.